Proverbs 1:5
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5 let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning
and the discerning acquire skill,(A)
Proverbs 1:5
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5 let the wise listen and add to their learning,(A)
and let the discerning get guidance—
Proverbs 1:5
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5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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Proverbs 3:35
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35 The wise will inherit honor,
but stubborn fools, disgrace.
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35 The wise inherit honor,
but fools get only shame.
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35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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Proverbs 9:8-9
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8 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
rebuke the wise, and he will love you.(A)
9 Give instruction[a] to the wise, and they will become wiser still;
teach the righteous, and they will gain in learning.(B)
Footnotes
- 9.9 Heb lacks instruction
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8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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Proverbs 10:14
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14 The wise lay up knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.
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14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
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Proverbs 11:29
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29 Those who trouble their households will inherit wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.
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29 Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.(A)
Proverbs 11:29
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29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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Proverbs 14:3
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- 14.3 Cn: Heb a rod of pride
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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Proverbs 14:16
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16 The wise are cautious and turn away from evil,
but the fool throws off restraint and is careless.(A)
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16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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Proverbs 14:24
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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but folly is the garland[a] of fools.
Footnotes
- 14.24 Cn: Heb is the folly
Proverbs 14:24
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24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)
Proverbs 14:24
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,
but the mouths of fools pour out folly.(A)
Proverbs 15:2
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Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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